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Latest Fact-Checks In Arizona

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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 5, 2020 a Facebook post
“Arizona trooper found 50,000 ballots in dumpster all for President Trump!!”
False
November 6, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 4, 2020 a Facebook post
“If you were forced to use a Sharpie” to fill out your ballot, “that is voter fraud.”
False
November 5, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 3, 2020 a Facebook post
Voters in Maricopa County, Ariz., were forced to vote using Sharpie pens that aren’t read by voting machines.
False
November 4, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on October 24, 2020 online posts
A yearbook photo shows Mark Kelly dressed as Adolf Hitler.
False
By Miriam Valverde • October 25, 2020
Martha McSally
Martha McSally
stated on October 6, 2020 a debate
Says Mark Kelly took to space a “Chinese communist banner.”
False
By Miriam Valverde • October 23, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 8, 2020 a Facebook post
Says Biden said, "The day after I’m elected I will let you know what I stand for, bc if I tell you now it will be all over the news."
Mostly False
By Monique Curet • October 22, 2020
AFSCME
AFSCME
stated on October 7, 2020 a Facebook ad
Says "David Schweikert took over $120,000 from the drug industry and voted against legislation to lower prescription drug prices."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • October 19, 2020
Mark Kelly
Mark Kelly
stated on September 2, 2020 campaign website
Says Sen. Martha McSally “supported a plan to turn Medicare into a voucher program and ‘shift costs’ onto seniors” and “even supported raising the retirement age.”
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • September 14, 2020
Martha McSally
Martha McSally
stated on June 22, 2020 a campaign ad
“Of course I will always protect those with preexisting conditions. Always.”
False
By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra • June 25, 2020
Andy Biggs
Andy Biggs
stated on May 7, 2020 a letter
"States like New York, Illinois and California have been vocal in their demands for funding to bail out their pension systems, which were failing long before the COVID-19 outbreak, and other programs that aren’t related to this crisis."
False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • May 19, 2020
Martha McSally
Martha McSally
stated on October 24, 2018 a campaign ad
Says she’s "leading the fight" to "force insurance companies to cover pre-existing conditions."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • October 30, 2018
stated on October 4, 2018 a website
Says Rep. Martha McSally "has repeatedly tried to limit women’s access to birth control, and she even cosponsored a bill to make contraception more expensive for women."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • October 19, 2018
Martha McSally
Martha McSally
stated on September 16, 2018 a Fox News interview
Says Rep. Kyrsten Sinema supported a bill that is "essentially encouraging child trafficking."
False
By Miriam Valverde • October 2, 2018
Martha McSally
Martha McSally
stated on September 16, 2018 a Fox News interview
Says U.S. Rep. Kyrsten Sinema "voted to cut ICE."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • September 21, 2018
Kyrsten Sinema
Kyrsten Sinema
stated on September 8, 2018 a tweet
Says she voted to stop a new "age tax" under which "Arizonans age 50 & over could be charged 5 times more for their health care."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • September 19, 2018
Martha McSally
Martha McSally
stated on August 23, 2018 a campaign ad
"While we were in harm’s way in uniform, Kyrsten Sinema was protesting us in a pink tutu and denigrating our service."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • September 10, 2018
Defend Arizona
Defend Arizona
stated on August 11, 2018 an ad
Says Kelli Ward "called for restraint in fighting terrorism."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • August 21, 2018
Martha McSally
Martha McSally
stated on August 14, 2018 a campaign ad
Says "former Democrat Kelli Ward attacked President Trump's plans to crack down on illegal immigration, saying Trump was making a mistake."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • August 16, 2018
Kyrsten Sinema
Kyrsten Sinema
stated on June 11, 2018 campaign website
Says she is "the only candidate for Senate who refuses to cut Medicare and Social Security or raise the retirement age."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • August 14, 2018
stated on April 3, 2018 a website
"Congresswoman Martha McSally voted to let companies sell your internet data to the highest bidder without your consent. Then she got paid $42,000 by the very corporations she allowed to sell your personal info."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • April 11, 2018
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